Hagai 1
1 Ɔsram a ɛto so asia no da a edi kan wɔ Ɔhene Dario adedi afe a ɛto so abien so no, Awurade nam Odiyifo Hagai so, de asɛm maa Sealtiel babarima ne Yuda amrado Serubabel ne Ɔsɔfopanyin Yehosadak babarima Yosua.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:
2 Asɛm a Asafo Awurade ka ni: “Nnipa no reka se, ‘Bere no nya nnuu sɛ wosi Awurade fi no.’”
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.
3 Afei, Awurade de saa asɛm yi faa Odiyifo Hagai so:
And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:
4 “Saa bere yi a me fi yi abubu yi na mo de, motete mo afi a wɔaduradura mu yi ana?”
Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?
5 Asɛm a, Asafo Awurade ka ni: “Munnwen mo akwan ho yiye.
And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider your ways.
6 Muduaa bebree, nanso mutwaa kakraa bi. Mudidi, nanso mommee. Monom, nanso osukɔm de mo ara. Mohyɛ ntade, nanso ɛnka mo hyew. Munya akatua, na mode gu sika nkotoku a wɔatutu mu atokuru mu.”
You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes.
7 Asɛm a Asafo Awurade ka ni: “Munnwen mo akwan ho yiye.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set Your hearts upon your ways:
8 Afei momforo nkɔ nkoko no atifi, na momfa nnua mmra mmesi me fi no. Na mʼani begye ho, na wɔahyɛ me anuonyam.” Saa na Awurade ka.
Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.
9 “Mo ani daa bebree so, nanso ɛyɛɛ kakraa bi. Na mode baa fie no, mihuw gui. Dɛn ntia?” Efisɛ, “me fi abubu.” Saa na Asafo Awurade ka, “bere a mo ani abere resisi mo afi no.
You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts? because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own house.
10 Mo nti na ɔsoro akyere obosu agyina, na asase nso akyere mo nnɔbae.
Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:
11 Mahyɛ ɔpɛ sɛ, ensi mo mfuw ne nkoko so; ɔpɛ a ɛbɛhyew mo atoko ne mo bobe ne mo ngodua ne mo nnɔbae, ɛbɛyɛ ɔpɛ a ebesi mo ne mo anantwi mu, na asɛe dwuma biara a mode mo nsa adi.”
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and upon all that the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon beasts, and upon all the labour of the hands.
12 Na Sealtiel babarima Serubabel, Ɔsɔfopanyin Yehosadak babarima Yosua ne Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo nkae no tiee asɛm a efi Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn, ne Odiyifo Hagai a Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn, asoma no no. Na nnipa no de osuro maa Awurade.
Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and all the remnant of the people hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and to the words of Aggeus the prophet, as the Lord their God sent him to them: and the people feared before the Lord.
13 Na Hagai, Awurade somafo no, de saa asɛm yi a efi Awurade nkyɛn maa nkurɔfo no: “Meka mo ho.” Saa na Awurade se.
And Aggeus the messenger of the Lord, as one of the messengers of the Lord, spoke, saying to the people: I am with you, saith the Lord.
14 Ɛno nti, Awurade kanyan Sealtiel babarima Serubabel a ɔyɛ Yuda amrado, Ɔsɔfopanyin Yehosadak babarima Yosua ne Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo nkae no nyinaa. Wobefii wɔn adwuma a ɛwɔ Asafo Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn, fi no ase,
And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel governor of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people: and they went in, and did the work in the house of the Lord of hosts their God.
15 wɔ Ɔhene Dario adedi afe a ɛto so abien no, ɔsram a ɛto so asia no da a ɛto so aduonu anan no.
In the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king, they began.
